The mailbag (or inbox) builds Farm and Dairy family ties
As Editor Susan Crowell cleaned out files in her old office, she uncovered the many ways readers' words have touched us here at Farm and Dairy over the years.
Eating fresh, local is back in style
Judith Sutherland shares some of her experience buying and eating local.
Conservation plan is key to achieving goals
A conservation plan is a tool to help you better manage the natural resources on your land.
Don’t let a Lone Star tick bite make you allergic to your dinner
Learn more about an allergic syndrome that a producer can develop after getting bitten by a fairly new (to the Midwest) tick invader —the Lone Star tick.
Fishing trips are about more than fish caught
Mike Tontimonia recounts a recent fishing trip.
Mourning doves: A most unusual nest
Mourning doves are one of the most abundant birds in North America. Key to their success is that they are generalists in every sense of the word.
The bum’s rush, courtesy of USDA
According to Alan Guebert, Sonny Perdue doesn't need to hit the road this summer to find more than enough messy problems to keep him busy through harvest.
Adult education
Kymberly Foster Seabolt offers the adulting advice every young, and not-so-young, adult should heed.
Bascom B. Clarke: The machine man
Sam Moore shares a column written by Bascom B. Clarke, the founder and editor of The American Thresherman magazine throughout most of its existence.
Grain futures markets rally after losses
Grain markets rallied, in reaction to USDA June 24 reports, which detailed continued incomplete planting and dreadful crop conditions.
